— Zunian, Zuñian , adj. , n.
/zooh"nee/ , n. , pl. Zunis , ( esp. collectively ) Zuni for 1.
1. a member of a group of North American Indians inhabiting the largest of the Indian pueblos, in western New Mexico.
2. the language of the Zuni.
Also, Zuñi /zooh"nee, zoohn"yee/ .
[ 1830-35, Amer.; earlier Zuñi sî·ni (pronounced sthî·n y i) or a cognate ]